Youth Volunteers

Ages 5-7

• Make a welcome basket for new Habitat homeowners and their families

• Sing a song at the Dedication of a Habitat home

• Stock the pantry for a new Habitat homeowner family

• Make thank you cards for Habitat volunteers and donors

• Collect cans to fundraise for Tillamook County Habitat

• Coordinate a time to volunteer at the Tillamook County Habitat ReStore

Ages 7-10

• Draw or write welcoming messages on 2×4 boards before the framing of a new Habitat home

• Learn about Tillamook County local environment by landscaping at a Habitat home

• Make wooden picture frames or doorstops from extra wood at a Habitat site

• Organize a birthday gift project for the children of a Habitat homeowner

• Coordinate a time to volunteer at the Tillamook County Area Habitat ReStore

Ages 10-12

•Speak to fellow classmates about Tillamook County Habitat with the help of Habitat staff

• Make flower boxes or storage benches out of extra wood from a Habitat site for a family

• Build and paint window boxes for a housewarming gift to a Habitat family or use as a fundraiser

• Clear debris at a Habitat construction site

• Design a t-shirt for Habitat

• Volunteer at the Habitat ReStore

Ages 12-14

• Learn about another country where Habitat for Humanity builds. Use your newly acquired knowledge to fundraise for Tillamook County Habitat

• Paint doors and baseboards off site before they are installed into a Habitat home

• Make a scrapbook for a Habitat homeowner family

• Design a youth webpage for the Tillamook County Habitat website

• Make a video or presentation about your Habitat experience to educate & encourage your friends and classmates to get involved with Habitat

• Volunteer at the Tillamook County Habitat ReStore

Ages 15-17

•Build storage sheds for Habitat families

•Build picnic or lunch tables for the construction site

•Tutor the children of a Habitat homeowner

•Provide group babysitting for Habitat families

•Clean a Habitat home before its Dedication

•Design a youth marketing materials for Tillamook County Habitat

•Make a video or presentation about your Habitat experience to educate & encourage your friends and classmates to get involved with Habitat

•Volunteer at the Habitat ReStore